Amit Shah was discharged after testing negative on August 14.
Union home minster Amit Shah has been tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection. As per a news agency report, he has been admitted to the Medanta Hospital in Gurugram for treatment.
Shah also informed about his condition on social media platform Twitter. "On getting the initial symptoms of corona, I got the test done and the report came back positive," the home minister tweeted on Sunday.
"My health is fine, but on the advice of the doctors I am getting myself admitted into a hospital," he added.
Shah requested everyone who had come in contact with him over the last few days to isolate and get themselves tested.
"A team of doctors, led by AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria, is likely to visit Medanta Hospital (in Gurugram) to see Union Home Minister Amit Shah COVID19 treatment," news agency ANI said in a tweet.
The minister had attended the last cabinet meeting, where social distancing was strictly followed along with wearing masks, a report said citing officials.
Soon after the news broke, a host of political leaders wished tweeted wishing him a quick recovery.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and three ministers in his cabinet have contracted COVID-19 after attending Governor Lalji Tandon's last rites last week. Shivraj Chouhan was tested positive for coronavirus on July 25. BJP's state general secretary (organisation) Suhas Bhagat, state president VD Sharma and Minister Arvind Singh Bhadoria had also tested positive.
They all had traveled to Lucknow along with the Chief Minister. After Shivraj Chouhan tested positive, those who were in close contact with him were advised to quarantine themselves.
Water Resources Minister Tulsi Silawat and Minister of State for Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare, Ramkhelavan Patel are also among the Madhya Pradesh ministers who have tested positive for the virus.
